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http://ift.tt/2rIOA9l Police officers stand on duty in Barking, east London on June 5, 2017, following a dawn raid on a property (C), as thier investigations continue following the June 3 terror attacks in central London. Police carried out fresh raids and arrested "a number of people" on Monday after the Islamic State group claimed an attack by three men who mowed down and stabbed revellers in London on June 3, killing seven people, before being shot dead by officers. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS Police carried out fresh raids and arrested “a number of people” on Monday after the Islamic State group claimed an attack by three men who mowed down and stabbed revellers in London, killing seven people before being shot dead by officers. Saturday night’s rampage at a popular nightlife hub around London Bridge by men wearing fake suicide vests was the third deadly terror attack in Britain in less than three months and came only days before a general election. “A number o...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ugochukwu Alaribe ABA—Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, in Abia State in the 2015 general elections, Dr. Nyerere Anyim, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s two years as rewarding, eventful and far better than the 16 years ‘wasted’ by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In an interview with Vanguard,  Anyim scored Buhari’s administration high on security, economy, anti-graft war and infrastructure. He said: “Before scoring President Buhari and APC, we must not fail to also bring into perspective the situation of the country that was inherited from the PDP. The level of corruption under the former ruling party was alarmingly threatening; insecurity was at its worst, the country, which everyone was aware, almost got grounded economically. “The redemption process, however, started immediately after Mr. President was sworn in and that’s why the country has been successfully moved to another stage under APC’s developmental agenda....

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J They travel thousands of kilometres across west Africa to get to the southeast Nigerian city of Calabar where small boats are supposed to take them to a better life. But these migrants aren’t about to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. They’re aiming for a closer — and less risky — promised land: rich oil-producing African countries. Symphorien Hounkanrin, 35, is originally from Ketenou, an impoverished village in Benin, and left school at the age of 11. Other than fishing, he says “there’s nothing to do there” for young people like him. His brothers and cousins all left for oil hubs, Libreville in Gabon, or Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. Now he wants to join them. “There’s work. You can earn a lot there,” he said, his eyes lighting up. “You can come back and build a nice house in the village like those who go to Europe.” The United Nations has said that contrary to common belief, more than half of all African migrants actually look for work elsewhere on ...

http://ift.tt/2qI6Yjc This picture taken on April 15, 2017 shows an unidentified rocket, reported to be a Hwasong-type missile similar to the one used in a May 14, 2017 test launch, at a military parade in Pyongyang. North Korea said May 15, 2017 it had successfully tested a new type of rocket in its latest missile launch, as analysts said it showed an unprecedented range that brought US bases in the Pacific within reach. The launch was of a "new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic rocket" named the Hwasong-12, the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said. / AFP PHOTO / Ed JONES North Korea Monday celebrated the launch of what appeared to be its longest-range ballistic missile yet tested in a bid to bring the US mainland within reach, saying it was capable of carrying a “heavy nuclear warhead”. Leader Kim Jong-Un personally oversaw the test on Sunday, the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said, and pictures by state media showed him gazin...

http://ift.tt/2pxZ9wh   French newly elected President Emmanuel Macron (C-R) is welcomed by his predecessor Francois Hollande (C-L) as he arrives at the Elysee presidential Palace for the handover and inauguration ceremonies on May 14, 2017 in Paris. PHOTO: YOAN VALAT / POOL / AFP Emmanuel Macron becomes France’s youngest ever president on Sunday, taking over from Socialist Francois Hollande in a solemn ceremony. Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, arrived at the Elysee Palace in central Paris in a motorcade and walked down the red carpet under light rain to be greeted by Hollande for his inauguration. The new president’s wife Brigitte, a 64-year-old who was his high school drama teacher, arrived separately for the ceremony wearing a light blue Louis Vuitton outfit. A week after his victory over far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a tumultuous election, Macron will have a private meeting with Hollande at which he will be given the codes to launch France’s nuclear weapons. H...